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Information and Cybersecurity expert, Eng. Samer Omar, stressed that the increasing foreign cyber-attacks on the Kingdom in the recent period (geopolitical), pushed for more institutionalization by developing national cadres specialized to combat these attacks, which coincides directly with supporting Vision 2030, Digital Transformation initiative and eGovernment development.
"There is a significant qualitative improvement in the quality and number of gifted and talented Saudis working in cybersecurity and we will see in the near future more awareness and greater capacity in this vital sector of cyber security by these young men and women," said Samer. He also added," Today we have specialized courses in cybersecurity in universities and other concerned institutions, and this in itself is a significant transformation that is important and demonstrates the depth of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030”.
Last year, Saudi Arabia ranked first among the Arab countries in the number of cyber-attacks against it and ranked 17th in the world within the same context. Therefore, Eng. Samer stressed the importance of the newly established National Cyber Security Agency along with that of the Saudi Arabia Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming & Drones (SAFCPSD) and their remarkable roles and impact already in building and developing specialized human resources to combat cyber-attacks.
MENAISC2019
Samer Omar, CEO of VirtuPort's 7th Middle East and North Africa Information Security Conference 2019, announced the launch of the conference 7th edition, which will be hosted in Riyadh for the fourth consecutive year between September 9th and 10th of this year under the theme Cyber Space, The New Frontier: Deception, Orchestration and Blackholes. "
He highlighted that the previous conferences have attracted more than 300 participants from all over the Kingdom, as well as a large number of specialized brands and international media organizations.The increasing attacks on Saudi Arabia are due to its economy being one of the strongest economies in the Middle East and ranked among the top 20 global economies, making Saudi companies and institutions a direct and indirect target of cyber-attacks to disrupt their operations and seize their data and resources.
In line with Vision 2030, the Saudi government is working to support the information technology sector, promote creative and innovative thinking for companies and protect their data and systems.
Samer Omar shed light on the importance of continued focus on human capital in addition to investments in tools and technologies required by companies and government agencies to secure themselves from cyber related threats. The use of modern technological tools to combat these threats will enhance the capabilities of cyber-attack specialists noting that the upcoming conference will enhance its integrative role in order to maintain connectivity and networking among senior cybersecurity professionals in the Middle East and North Africa region and provide them with the best security practices necessary.
Worth mentioning, that the new Cyber Saber Hackathon exclusive sponsor this year Integrated Telecom Company (ITC). While the MENAISC2019 team welcomes the largest number of sponsors for this year’s event; with many returning from previous editions which is a testament to the success of the conference and its importance. The platinum sponsors for this year’s conference are A10, Cisco, Crowdstrike and Trend Micro. Gold Sponsors are Aiuken, Attivo Networks, Blackberry Cylance, Credence Security, F5, Fireeye, Forcepoint, Fortinet, IBM, I(TS)2, McAfee, Microfocus, Obrela Security Industries, Netscout, Symantec and Tenable.
Additionally, silver sponsors include, (ISC)2, Adaptive Mobile, Anomali, Barracuda, Citrix, CybrScore, Digital Guardian, Digital Intelligence, Entrust Datacard, Fidelis, Cybersecurity, Intel471, LookingGlass, Lookout, Mimecast, Ncipher, Netskope, Odysssey, Rapid7, Redseal, RSA, SAASPASS, TEEL technologies, ThreatQuotient, Tripwire and ZeroFOX in addition to other sponsors including the marketing communications partner W7Worldwide and event management partner Marcom Arabia.
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About MENAISC2019
As in previous years, the event will attract the best and brightest in the information security field, creating opportunities for conference attendees to learn about Cyber Security’s most important issues through first-hand interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging/established companies.
The conference will showcase industry experts along with leading vendors sharing their views and solutions to meet these and other challenges for the future of Cyber Security. As with previous events, this event is an invite only event where the organizers, speakers and sponsors have nominated the target audience they believe can benefit and contribute to the success of the event.
The MENAISC2019 will also be hosting the Cyber Saber Hackathon in its third edition which will attract students from all around Saudi Arabia to try their skills at hacking and defending a model smart city.
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Abdullah Inayat
W7Worldwide Marketing Communications Consultancy Agency
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